Australia announces rapid antigen tests will be made free to concession card holders amid a nationwide shortage, but resists calls for universal free access. 2022-01-5
Nepal reports a record 9,127 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 403,794. 2021-05-10
Alberta reports its first case of the Lineage P.1 variant, which was originally detected in Brazil. 2021-03-14
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves announces that he has extended the mask mandate to 78 counties in the state. 2020-12-22
Malaysia signs a deal to receive 6.4 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. 2020-12-22
Singapore receives the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, becoming the first country in Asia to do so. 2020-12-21
First Minister Mark Drakeford announces that after urgent talks with ministers over the discovery of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the planned lockdown will now begin at midnight instead of on December 28. 2020-12-19
The Ministry of Health and Prevention announces the registration of Sinopharm's inactivated virus vaccine BBICP-CorV, after an interim analysis of the Phase III trials showed BBIBP-CorV to have an 86% efficacy against COVID-19 infection. 2020-12-9
Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker issues a statewide stay-at-home order for all Illinoisans except for essential errands such as grocery shopping or for medical services. 2020-03-20